i believe it was the foam itself that held hemp - read ekowool 
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No wire just wrapped around, one layer. It has improved the vertical wicking when less than half full.
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I tried a variation of BJ's NI encased AO wick and I am absolutely loving it.
I put a single layer JUST around the part of the wick sticking below the deck.
I am utterly convinced that it is enough of an incremental improvement to make it worth the effort.
The atty was perfectly level when this pic was taken.
I put a single layer JUST around the part of the wick sticking below the deck.
- With the wick still out of the atty, I wrapped a layer around the wick. The NI held its shape well, no need to tie it around the wick at all.
- I slid the resulting NI sleeve off the wick and then lightly rolled it in my fingers to shrink the diameter of the NI sleeve a hair. This way it held snugly around the wick in the next step.
- I then held the NI sleeve in the bottom part of the atty while I slid the wick in through the top of the deck and into the NI foam sleeve.
- Put the glass back on my atty and coiled it up.
I am utterly convinced that it is enough of an incremental improvement to make it worth the effort.
- I dont have to worry about rotating the wick to face downward towards the bottom when I vape.
- I can clearly see that it keeps the AO wick wetter as it holds a reservoir of juice right on the wick regardless of what degree I have the atty turned.
- Far fewer dry hits with no intentional tilting. I consciously avoided doing the Genny-tilt for 3 tanks and found I dont need to anymore, even on a low tank. The most I had to do was at the VERY bottom of the tank I would just swirl it once to moisten the NI foam just before I vaped, and then vape normally without tilting.
- You can even see the meniscus of juice riding up the side of the tank.
The atty was perfectly level when this pic was taken.
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i dont see why you cant find this in stainless steel? Is this perhaps what the 306 attys use for the bridge?
As far as I know all attys use Ni foam for bridge and around the ceramic cup. Years ago I rebuilt some attys using SS wool instead of the Ni foam. Worked OK.
@ mikepetro: When I did the kerosene lamp burn on the Ao wick with and without the Ni. The results were: Without Ni, the wick kept a flame burning until the lamp was about half full, kerosene 1 inch below the flame and the flame kept getting less as the kerosene receded. With the Ni encasing the Ao wick burned 99% of the kerosene (2 in) and the flame was almost the same size thru the complete burn cycle. I have now encased 3 and they are all an improvement over the original setup.
Did a kerosene lamp burn with an Ao wick encapsulated with 4 wraps of 400 SS mesh and it also improved the wicking of the Ao. One wrap of SS mesh did not improve it.
Is the ceramic wick full length?
Another AGA with Ni encapsulating a Ao wick. Works great.
Yes bap, full length on the Ao and the Ni sheath the length of the part in the tank, it also seems to keep things cooler in the tank. As you saw in your red wicking test, the Ao wicks pretty good for a little over half an inch above the juice and then slows down. This encapsulation keeps juice in that range of less than 1/2 inch.
Tried this on one of my RSSTs & a fresh White Wick last night. I snapped two wicks in the process but finally got everything lined up properly, The one-piece tank is tricky when you are trying to finagle the wick through a coil (Petar-K method) and into the mesh - I broke the wick every time I tried screwing the tank back together. Trick was to pull the wick almost back out when re-assembling the tank & then slide it carefully back in.
Still breaking the new wick in, but I already noticed the flavor is coming around a lot faster than with previous new wicks. Tricky on an RSST, but since you only rarely need to take a ceramic genny apart after it breaks in, it was worth the time.
This may be a nice addition to the AO wicks - I'll have to see what it will be like after I go through a full tank, but it already appears to be worth the time to do it....we shall see.
Thanks for the tip BJ
glad to read that our experiment is proving itself worthwhile!
and hoping that all participants are following this thread!
and hoping that all participants are following this thread!
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glad to read that our experiment is itself worthwhile!
and hoping that all participants are following this thread!
Expensive little scouring pads....
Hey BJ, can you point me to the Kerosene Lamp test method? I would love to rig up something inhouse to test wicks with and the principle sounds very "sound". I have plenty of oil lamps, maybe I can convert one of those.
glad to read that our experiment is itself worthwhile!
and hoping that all participants are following this thread!
Yeah, not exactly what Todd did, but fruitful nonetheless.
Just little jelly jars with a hole in the metal cap for a wick and a small air vent hole. Centuries old lab method to test wicking..
My wife would love you for taking over the kerosene tests, she really dislikes me doing kerosene tests in her condo kitchen.
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I once had 10 kerosine lamps going at night with the lights out in our kitchen sink. I was observing the flames and timing the results. My wife came in and thought I was crazy, she thought I was into Voodoo or some other Santeria.
Yes, I have even used 100%VG, 100% PG, and various mixes of these. Kerosene has just been a lab standard. As long as you use the same fuel when comparing wicks to each other, the results should give you the advantages of one to the other.
I once had 10 kerosine lamps going at night with the lights out in our kitchen sink. I was observing the flames and timing the results. My wife came in and thought I was crazy, she thought I was into Voodoo or some other Santeria.
Maybe next time - spread them around in the bedroom for a romantic effect
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